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(Epub Download) The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes PDF(Epub Download) TheBig Rich: The Riseand Fall of theGreatest Texas OilFortunes PDFDescriptionaBryan Burrough has long been one of this nationas best storytellers, but he has outdone himselfwith his tour de force, 'The Big Rich,' Set amid the rough and tumble of the Texas oil fields andstretching to the halls of political power in Washington, this epic tale reveals the hiddenundercurrents of modern American history that flowed from four families of unimaginable wealthand recklessness. With an unerring eye for detail, Burrough dissects their lives and histories,starting with the patriarchsastruggling, poorly educated men who might have remained foreverunknown if not for their success at pulling black ooze from the ground. 'The Big Rich' lays baretheir arrogance and aspirations, their principles and hypocrisy, their daring and foolishness, takingreaders deep inside a world of affluence that has remained secret for far too long. It is, quitesimply, a triumph.a aKurt Eichenwald, author of 'The Informant' and 'Conspiracy of Fools' aItashard to imagine a greater literary marriage than that of the oil barons of Texas and BryanBurrough. On the one hand, you have a collection of gargantuan personalities who in the 1920sstruck it rich and then, in the decades that followed, used their wealth to transform Americanbusiness, culture and politics. On the other, you have an authoraand native Texanawho writes, ashe always does, with enormous insight and panache. 'The Big Rich' has all the hallmarks of aclassic American saga.a aDavid Margolick, author of 'Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling,and a World on the Brink' a'The Big Rich,' a 400 page opus on the oil-powered rise of the Texaselite, has so many characters and entertaining subplots it reads like apetroleum-based 'Lord of theRings,' This is, of course, a complimenta] In Burroughas captivating story, done with the samekeen eye on excess as his corporate classic 'Barbarians at the Gate,' itas clear these men cast ashadow so wide they contributed more to our economic, national and political identities thanalmost any other titans of industry.aa 'GQ' aLivelya]impeccably rendereda] Burrough has doneestimable new reporting, showing links between Texas money and national politics that stretchback far earlier than the days of Lyndon B. Johnson.aaMimi Schwartz, 'The New York Times BookReview' aA Lone Star epica] Burrough introduces his protagonists with a novelistas eye for detail.a] Though this book forms an epitaph for a bygone era, itas not without relevancetoday.aa'Bloomberg' aIt would be hard to ask for a literally or figuratively rich cast of charactersthan those in 'The Big Rich'a] Nicely detailed and suspenseful.aaHarry Hurt III, 'The New YorkTimes Business Section' aEminently readable.aa'Texas Monthly' aWinninga]well researched andbriskly told. Burrough has produced an indispensable guide to the knotty fascination that Texasspurs in the imagination.aa 'BookForum' aHere at Capitol Annex, we get a fair number of books to
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